Nargis to romance Akshay in 'Khiladi 786'

‘Rockstar’ actress Nargis Fakhri bagged another Bollywood film. Nargis who received average reviews for her debut venture will now be seen romancing the Khiladi Kumar, Akshay in ‘Khiladi 786’. Nargis has been signed to play the female lead in the movie.
 ‘Khiladi 786’ will be directed by Rohit Shetty’s assistant Ashish R. Mohan. The music and the story has been penned by music composer cum singer cum actor Himesh Reshammiya. The film will be produced by Eros International in association with Himesh's company HR Musik and Akshay's banner Hari Om Entertainment.
 The shooting will begin in June and the actress is very excited to grab the project. "She is very happy. It was not easy for her after Rockstar where Ranbir got all the praise. Khiladi 786 is not a small film. Moreover, Akshay has had a big hit in Housefull 2 only recently. All this adds to her excitement", Nargis’s friend has been quoted as saying.
 A close friend of the actress added, "She will be donning ultra-glam clothes in the film. It's a very sexy avatar."
 To stay in the competitive world of Bollywood, Nargis definitely requires a hit.

Vikram Bhatt, Mukesh Bhatt, Emraan Hashmi, Bipasha Basu and Karisma Kapoor on location of 'Raaz 3'

Ishaqzaade (2012) MOVIE Stills: Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Gauhar Khan

Imran Khan To Gain Weight For 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai 2'

Actor Imran Khan, who has mostly played the chocolate boy in most of his films save Delhi Belly and Kidnap, is all set to play a gritty gangster in the sequel to Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai and the actor will reportedly be putting on weight to play the role of Aslam, a gangster.
 
 Talking about Imran's role, director Milan Luthria was quoted to have said, "I feel I can give his character an edge so he is shockingly different and makes everyone sit up and take notice. While he is immensely popular with girls, I believe in an action film, the actor must look his best physically." On his part, Imran Khan was quoted to have said, "I will be starting my prep work as soon as I finish shooting Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, as I want to make sure that I can achieve what Milan has in mind for me." Apart from Imran Khan, the film also stars Akshay Kumar, who will play a role modelled on underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
 
 Imran Khan will be seen playing the role of a rural youth in Vishal Bhardwaj's film Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, where he will be paired opposite Anushka Sharma for the very first time.

Manisha Koirala to star in Bhoot 2

Manisha Koirala has replaced Urmila Matondkar in the sequel of Bhoot. The actress who was last seen in the National Award winning film I Am, has now been signed on by Ram Gopal Varma to star in Bhoot 2. RGV, who has directed Manisha in Company, shares a very good rapport with the actress and finds her extremely talented. The leading man for the sequel is yet to be finalized. The film will also star J.D Chakravarthy and south actress Madhushalini.
 The shooting for the film has already begun and the buzz is that it will be a 3D venture. The film is likely to hit theatres in August this year.

Sunny Leone has officially become an Indian resident

Fans of Sunny Leone has a reason to be overjoyed! Sunny Leone aka Karen Malhotra, who was born and raised in Canada is now an Indian resident. Sunny Leone, who rose to fame in the sub-continent post her stint on infamous TV reality show ‘Bigg Boss 5’ is now busy shooting for her debut Bollywood flick ‘Jism 2’ produced by Pooja Bhatt and Dino Morea.
 Sunny Leone who is quite popular on the micro blogging site Twitter tweeted the other day and proclaimed the news herself! The girl tweeted, “I have the greatest news today everyone!!! I am officially a resident of INDIA!!!!!! Wooohoooo(sic).”
 Sunny Leone was born as Karen Malhotra to Sikh Punjabi parents from India. Leone earlier has a dual Canadian/American citizenship and now she is an Indian as well. Although she studied in a catholic school but her upbringing is very much as a Sikh and she tries her best to maintain a link to Sikh traditions but she has no intentions to change her career path due to religion.
 The cast of Jism 2 is now in Thailand however Sunny has not joined the team yet for this schedule. The actress has also been excited about getting the new iPad “I have entered the world of iPad!!! Lol this is so amazing!!!!” she wrote on the micro blogging site.
 In what looks like a dramatic turnaround, Sunny made a controversial appearance on the TV show and then went on to grab a plump offer with Bollywood A-lister Mahesh Bhatt and is now the face of a campaign for PETA India. She certainly arrived as a porn star with a scandalizing profession but now seems to have found a broader horizon.
 With Sunny earnestly brushing her Hindi skills and trying her hands at almost every thing in the country, this was certainly coming!
 Jism 2 stars Sunny Leone, Dino Morea, Randeep Hooda and Arunoday Singh in lead roles. Directed by Pooja Bhatt the movie is expected to release by December this year.

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Poonam Pandey set to make boldest B-Town debut

Poonam Pandey, who made headlines by claiming to strip if the Indian cricket team won the World Cup seems to have everything going right for her. She will soon be making her B-Town debut in the boldest-ever film made in India.
 Vipin Medhekar, her business strategist, confirmed to a daily that it will be "the boldest film that the Indian audience has ever experienced and the first look will be out by the end of April or the first week of May."
 "We have signed Poonam and we will be making an announcement by the end of the month. Poonam was our first preference as she has a lot of potential and will make a lovely actor," Aditya Bhatia, head of marketing of the production house, told the daily.
 Rumours stated that it will be a biopic on the starlet, however, that is not the case.
 "Why would we make a film based on her life? Her life is out in the open in cyberspace. The film will show her in a different light," the daily quoted Bhatia as saying.
 Poonam who entered the showbiz scene as one of the Kingfisher Calendar girls for year 2011. She later made her debut on television as a contestant in Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 4 and has been in the news for a variety of reasons, the most controversial one being her proclamation to do a strip act in support of Team India during the Cricket World cup.
 Poonam has been quite popular on micro blogging websites like Twitter, where she posted sizzling pictures of herself, at the same time issuing a warning that those below 18 should rather not take a look at her pic. She has found opposition from some celebrities as Tasleema Nasreen and Chitrangada Singh, but has been generally indifferent to such talk.

Top 10 Bollywood: CAT FIGHTS: Number 6: Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee

Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee were known to be best friends. They acted in a few movies together and then the tides changed. Suddenly, the couldn't see eye-to-eye and were bold enough with the media to accept that they weren't the best of friends. They got candid on Karan Johar's talk show, too. However, the hatchet seems to have been buried now.

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Salman Khan to gift Kareena Kapoor a BMW for being a part of Dabangg 2

Recently news has been floating around the internet that Actor Salman Khan will gave Kareena Kapoor a "gift" for doing the item song in Dabangg 2. As Kareena is extremely fond of the Khans she has decided to do the song  for free  in the movie and hence why the Khan family decided to gift something to Kareena.

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Nargis drops at Shahid's residence late night

Nargis Fakhri and Shahid Kapoor’s alleged love affair are doing round the web for quite sometime. It has been reported that Nargis flew to Goa with Shahid to make all the arrangements for his birthday and both bonded strongly on his birthday. They were very comfortable in each other’s company and their chemistry raised many eyebrows. Now the latest on their relationship is that when the ‘Rockstar’ actress fell ill after late night party, she called up Shahid and the actress was spotted at Shahid’s car outside his residence.
 Says a source, “Shahid and Nargis have been hanging out with the same set of friends. They have been spotted partying a few times in the city, but this was probably one of the nights where they went a little overboard and Nargis started to feel a little unwell.” Shahid however, the gentleman he is, did everything possible to make her feel comfortable.
 Adds the source, “To some extent Shahid has become oblivious to the girls he gets linked up with. He really hit it off with Nargis ever since their stage performance at one of the award functions and he isn’t going to stop talking to her just because there have been rumorus about them dating.”
 Interestingly, Nargis has recently denied being in a relationship with Shahid. Says the source, “This isn’t the first time Shahid has helped a female friend out. He has always been around even when Priyanka needed him. He’s a dependable guy, at least when it comes to friends.” 
 Hope, Shahid's hunts for true love ends with Nargis!

Rihanna on the Cover of OK! India – April 2012

AFTER MUNNI & SHEELA…HERE COMES ‘LAILA’

Now-a-days there is a trend of item number songs in every movie. SHEELA & MUNNI songs have set their own standards in item number’s history. Whereas, LAILA song from the upcoming movie TEZZ has raise the bar far higher than other item numbers.The song is picturized on our very own “JALEBI BAI’ i.e. MALLIKA SHERAWAT.MALIKA looks sizzling in a new avatar and has given a fabulous performance in the song. Malika has rocked the song once again. The music given by Sajid-Wajid is loved by everyone and Sunidhi voice adds oomph factor to it. Jalees Sherwani & Shabbir Ahmed is the lyricists of the song and their work is appreciated by every listener. The song has become very popular especially among the youth. The lyrics of the songs are very catchy and one can hear everyone singing it everywhere.Mallika Sherawat after Jalebi Bai has comeback with a sizzling Item Number “Laila” and surely will steal heart and gonna rule the chart busters

Ash to appear at Cannes Film Festival with 'Beti B'

Former beauty queen and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been a regular face of Cannes for decades. Her long associated with international beauty brand L’Oreal lands the actress on the red carpet of Cannes for so many years. But this time, it’s going to be exception; she will be accompanied by her five months daughter, Aaradhya.
 Well, this will be the little angel second foreign trip; recently, she visited Dubai with her mom. Last year, Aishwarya walked the red carpet with filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar. At the event, Madhur glandly announced his highly anticipated film, ‘Heroine’ starring Ash but soon the project shelved when Amitabh declared Aishwarya’s pregnancy. Later, Madhur roped Kareena Kapoor as the lead actress of ‘Heroine’. 
 Cannes film festival is one world's great premiere film events and it is another golden opportunity for Ash to renew her contacts with Hollywood filmmakers.
 Apart from Aishwarya, Arjun Rampal, Bipasha Basu will be at Cannes. Being the ambassador of liquor brand Chivas, the actor is likely to be accompanied by his designer friend Rohit Bal. The actor had recently expressed his desire to showcase his upcoming film Heroine at the Cannes. "I would love to be (a part of Cannes festival). That is a film that deserves to be there. If Heroine can be showcased there, it will be great," said Arjun.
Bipasha will be there to promote her new film ‘Singularity’ opposite Hollywood hottie Josh Hartnett.
 Aishwarya and her wardrobe at Cannes always get special mention. Let’s see this time how the new mother turns up for the event.

Top 10 Bollywood: CAT FIGHTS: Number 7: Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra

Actors Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor have never been on good terms with each other. Only recently, the two got into a fight when Priyanka Chopra while practising for an award function performance was delayed and ate into Kareena's practice time, who in turn threatened to walk out. Actor Shah Rukh Kha, who was also on the sets, helped peace prevail between the two.

Katrina stepped into the limelight the two had been vying for the top spot. There were also rumours that Rani and Abhishek were dating each other for a while.
Kareena and Priyanka once shared a good equation but all that became a thing of the past when Bebo became Shahid's ex and Priyanka his present. In some projects Kareena was also rumoured to have stepped into Priyanka's shoes which did not go down too well with Piggy Chops.

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'Bittoo Boss’: Movie Review (2012)

Movie Review (2012)
 Film: “Bittoo Boss”
Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Amita Pathak, Mohan Kapoor, Rajendra Sethi
Director: Supavitra Babul
Rating: 

The sheer relief of watching a gifted new actor play, for a change, a good hearted, idealistic hero who sets off to make blue films and ends up sorting out problems between couples, is enough to make us not wince at the jagged edges which stick out here, there and everywhere in the narration.
The presentation could have done with some more finesse, and a lot better packaging. But hey, the heart is in the right place.
Indeed “Bittoo Boss” for a large part ambles forward with no seeming purpose. It opens with an elaborate Punjabi wedding which, quite vocally, pays its homage to Sooraj Barjatya. Lording over the ‘shaadi ka dhoom-dhaam’ is our endearing videographer Bittoo who shoots, in his words, not weddings but emotions, not bodies but the feelings within.
As played by debutant Pulkit Samrat, Bittoo is bit of a brat, but enormously sincere and idealistic. We don’t get heroes like this anymore.
The script, written as a series of episodes representing ‘Adventures In The Life Of A Small-Town Videographer’, gives the protagonist a chance to romance sleaze and then pulls him out of the morass just in time.
This is a film that’s breezy but never stormy in its impact. It works because of the director’s sincerity of intent. While most filmmakers today prefer to dwell on the dark side of heroism, debutant director Supavitra Babul doesn’t shy away bringing in a shiney idealism into Bittoo’s character.
Pulkit, despite an unreal hairstyle, comes across with endearing sincerity.
Expressive earnest and quite impressive in his interpretation of the character’s embarrassing, he is a welcome addition to Hindi cinema’s hero club.
What brings down Pulkit’s performance as a videographer who would rather break bones than bend self-rules, is the scattered narrative. More often than not, Bittoo Boss rambles aimlessly through what looks like episodes of a television serial strung together in a movie form. Also, the central performer hardly gets support from the other actors who all seem to be briefed to behave like Punjabi middle-class freeloaders.
Curiously, leading lady Amita Pathak’s dialogues and demeanour seem directly derived from Anushka Sharma’s “Band Baaja Baaraat”. Amita’s character is a part of that recent movement in our cinema whereby small-town North Indian girls are shown to be self-willed, headstrong, defiant and slightly wacky…Kangna Ranaut in “Tanu Weds Manu” and Anushka in “Band Baaja Baaraat” define that movement.
“Bittoo Boss” is filled with some genuinely endearing moments where the protagonist comes close to losing his stubborn values but retrieves them just in time.
This film is an uneven but likeable experience held together by the debutant Pulkit’s performance. He’s undoubtedly a star in the making.

Ram Charan Teja & Apoorva Lakhia kickstart Zanjeer remake

This pic is for all those who are big ZANJEER fan. The guy on the far right in black t-shirt next to Apporva Lakhia is RAM CHARAN TEJA. He is a Telugu actor. He is the son of yesteryear veteran Telugu actor CHIRANJEEVI. Ram Charan is pretty big deal down south and he is all set to conquer bollywood. Wishing him all the luck.

 Loved Loved Loved his film and his performance in MAGHADEERA. If you haven't see the film then you should watch it. It is really good. I believe that Bollywood is also remaking MAGHADEERA and Ranveer Singh will play the lead role of Ram Charan. Personally, I don't think anyone can do justice to Ram Charan performance.. especially not Ranveer Singh. So, I am kind of bummed that Ranveer will be playing the lead role. It's not like I think he is not a good actor. Ranveer is good, but he is not great. And most importantly, he doesn't have that ROYAL look. I strongly feel that the lead actor of MAGHADEERA should be able to carry off the look of royal and has to have good strong features like Arjun Rampal. Oh well, here is wishing RAM CHARAN TEJA and the entire team all the luck.

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Veena Malik 's 'Veena ka Vivah' will never take off

Pakistani controversial model/actress Veena Malik, who was eagerly looking forward to her reality show 'Veena Ka Vivah' the third season of Swayamvar on Indian television NDTV Imagine TV has finally announced its closure.
 According to the official statement of the channel ‘Imagine TV’ which was released earlier today, the channel ‘Imagine TV’ has shut down its operations in India from Thursday, 12th April 2012.
 With the news of the channel shutting down there have been a lot of talks about Veena Mailk's swayamwar, the program for which all the preparations were already done.
 Imagine TV was launched as NDTV Imagine in January 2008. According to sources, the channel was garnering less TRP’s. Turner Broadcasting System (U.S based media giant firm) Asia Pacific, a division of Time Warner’s Turner International, issued the statement to the media and relevant authorities about shutting down their Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) ‘Imagine TV’ in India.
 Siddharth Jain, the M.D. South Asia Turner International, said "The channel could not perform as per the expectations though a few of the shows got marvelous ratings but the overall business from the channel was below satisfactorily levels. Thus the company decided to close down the operations of the channel in India." He added that, "It was not a haste decision rather a very carefully decided decision. NTDV Network, the company which owned the majority stake of the channel Imagine TV initially, sold its part to the U.S based Turner International in year 2010."
 Presently Turner International owns and runs a number of well-watched and popular TV channels such as CNN, HBO, Cartoon Network, TCM, WB and Boomerang in India.
 So now Veena Malik's dream of becoming a bride on NDTV Imagine has come to an end.

Rani Mukerji to do a 'tapori' item song for 'Aiyya'

For those who thought that Rani Mukerji has probably bid goodbye to the silver screen, here's the latest news. Rani, who is out of her year long hibernation, will soon be seen in Anurag Kashyap's Hindi remake of Tamil superhit, 'Aiyya'.
 Rani who was last seen in 'No One Killed Jessica' will be essaying the role of a dancer in the film. And while not much has been spoken about the story or the rest of the cast, here is an interesting bit that is fast making news, Rani will be performing a Tapori item song in the film that will pay tribute to three dancing queens of the present times.
 The Actor is very excited to play this item song and her fans are also keen to see her dancing in an item song. This song will be choreographed by none other than veteran choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant. Rani will be playing a tapori for the song as the lyrics of the song are playful and naughty.Rani is behind many of the successful films and has a very long list of her fans all over the world.
 Rani remarked ‘’ I am doing my best to make it very special and rest is up to the audience how they rate it. For the very first time Rani is going to do an item song and she expressed her wish to make this item song very different from others. Katrina, Kareena and other actresses who are doing item numbers in films and making a big money are to be challenged by Rani with this upcoming song.

Emraan Hashmi as a rustic pan chewing reporter in ‘Shanghai’

There is no denying the fact that Emraan Hashmi has given many successful films at the box office. His last release ‘Murder 2’ was a big Bollywood hit and the first look and trailer of his forthcoming ‘Shanghai’ looks quite promising. Emraan plays a foul-mouthed reporter in this Dibakar Banerjee’s flick and for this, he had to chew tobacco.
 On the first day of the shoot, Emraan Hashmi was asked to chew tobacco for a scene and Emraan found the taste so disgusting that he almost threw up and felt giddy.
 The director insisted that since his role required him to do it, there was no other way out. After a lot of discussions, Banerjee and Emraan Hashmi came to the conclusion that the actor should chew tobacco.
 However, Emraan failed to appear for a promotional event with his co-star since he was busy with his shoot for ‘Jannat 2’.
 A disappointed Banerjee said, “I was heartbroken that we were not able to kick off the promotions with a trailer launch. We went through a lot trying to coordinate Emraan and Abhay’s dates and then change it all over again.” Shanghai is Banerjee’s release after two years, since his last film LSD: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha. The movie stars Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi and Kalki Koechlin.
 The first trailer of the flick shows Emraan as a rustic, paan-chewing village thug and he made his way into cine lovers hearts when he gave a scornful smile, his paan-stained teeth flashing on the screen.

Kareena Kapoor Has signed 5 Crore Deal

According to reports, Kareena Kapoor has signed a whopping deal with a lemonade brand, giving her arch-rival Katrina Kaif (who endorses a mango drink) a run for her money.
 Bebo, who was the face of another popular cola company, lost no time after her current contract expired and grabbed another endorsement deal from a rival brand for apparently Rs 5 crore.
 A source said, “Kareena now has 16 brands in her kitty including the latest one, easily making her the most sought-after face in the ad space amongst the actresses. 2011 was the year of big money for Kareena, thanks to her back-to-back hits.”Ever since she signed onto to Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine, her fat pay cheques have been grabbing headlines. She was apparently paid almost Rs 8 crore for the film, the highest for any actress in the Indian film industry ever.
 Clearly that has reflected on her choice of brands and the money she is charging for them as well. The source added, “Though Bebo has a lot of film commitments, she makes sure she gives enough time to her brands and hence charges as much.”
 Kareena was also spotted shooting for her very first commercial with the brand a few days ago at a studio in Mumbai. The source said, “Both Katrina and Asin who endorse soft drinks have had ads that have gained a lot of popularity. So, Kareena and her team were insistent that the commercial must be catchy and entertaining.”
 All Kareena had to say is: “I am not allowed to talk money.” Here are the Stills from her last release Agent Vinod.

Top 10 Bollywood: CAT FIGHTS: Number 8: Rani Mukherjee and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Rani and Aishwarya have never really shared a very cordial relationship and before Kareena and Katrina stepped into the limelight the two had been vying for the top spot. There were also rumours that Rani and Abhishek were dating each other for a while.

Shah Rukh Khan charms Yale crowd, Detained in Newyork Airport Again !!

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan enthralled the students of Yale University as he came to the Ivy League institution as a Chubb Fellow, one of its top honours.
A crowd gathered outside the Shubert Theatre early in the afternoon and as the day went on the line snaked around the corner.
Fans travelled from as far as Alabama and California to join with members of the New Haven and Yale community to hear Khan speak to a capacity audience of about 1,700.
Khan charmed the crowd as he spoke to them about success and failure and how to live life to the fullest. He encouraged young people to find fulfillment in creativity, to learn to laugh at themselves and to never become cynical about their lives.
'Failure is a fiendish friend that can lead to success by teaching one to be pragmatic, to work harder, and to be true to oneself,' he said, adding that the true strength of one's friendships is tested in the face of strong adversity.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was detained at New York's White Plain airport for over two hours on Thursday. He arrived in New York on a private aircraft to visit the Yale University, where he was scheduled to give a lecture.
King Khan, as he is called in the Hindi film industry, while speaking to the students at the university said that he was "detained" at the airport "as always happens".
The Bollywood actor, who has been named a Chubb Fellow, was accompanied by Nita Ambani, owner of Mumbai Indian IPL cricket team and wife of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani. The Ambanis' daughter is a student at Yale University.
The reason for detaining him was not very clear, but sources said that everybody else were cleared by the immigration officials immediately, except SRK who was stopped for over two hours before being cleared.
Reports said that Khan was very, very upset at the episode. Yale University officials had to contact the Department of Homeland Security and the Immigration and Customs Department at Washington, when they come to know about his detention.
In 2009, too, Shah Rukh was detained at the Newark airport and was released after being grilled for over two hours.

Aishwarya Rai on OK! Middle East April 2012 cover